Law Practice
Jan. 19, 2011
Reading Red Flags
The Arizona shooting tragedy makes us wonder how good our perception skills really are. By Wendy L. Patrick of the San Diego district attorney's office.
As lawyers, we are trained to pay attention to details. For those of us who try cases frequently, we spend years honing our perception skills in order to read potential jurors, sometimes with the help of high priced jury consultants. We use our powers of perception to read our witnesses when we tailor our insightful questions, and to read the trier of fact in customizing our brilliant arguments to the court. In the wake of the Arizona shooting...
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